Current Events > Supreme Court rules 6-3 that it is illegal to fire someone for being gay/lesbian

(+) Yeah! (+)

https://twitter.com/business/status/1272530692367421440

Finally some good news in 2020

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you're telling me 3 members said yes?

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NightMarishPie posted...

you're telling me 3 members said yes?

2 of alleged sexual assaulters said yes

Thank god.

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The fact that this is even an argument is abhorrent.

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CruelBuffalo posted...

2 of alleged sexual assaulters said yes

Shocked, I tell you.

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Bullet_Wing posted...

The fact that 3 justices voted that it was OK is everything wrong with America

Ps2Twilight posted...

The fact that this is even an argument is abhorrent.

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Bullet_Wing posted...

The fact that 3 justices voted that it was OK is everything wrong with America

Reasoned dissent is whats wrong with America? Read their opinions before rushing to condemn.

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And this is just another example of why the Dems need to overhaul the SC if they win
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And trans.

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CyricZ posted...

And trans.

did they rule on the 2nd case?

Who said Yes? Kavanaugh? Who else?

Time to cancel them

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onedarksoul posted...

Reasoned dissent is whats wrong with America? Read their opinions before rushing to condemn.

Firing someone strictly because they're gay/lesbian is an ass backwards way of thinking.

There is zero reasoning that you can use that will change that statement.
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Damn, people thought it was going to be 4-5, not 6-3. Who are the two conservative votes who voted with the liberals?

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Apparently the servers are not working well and you can't even download the full opinions yet
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Bullet_Wing posted...

onedarksoul posted...

Reasoned dissent is whats wrong with America? Read their opinions before rushing to condemn.

What possible reasoning could you give for being able to fire someone for being gay? Your redcap is showing

Like, morally or legally?

Like, I'm sure some could see it as morally bad to fire someone for those reasons, but legally in regards to a judges role, they might be able to make an argument saying why it's not illegal.
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Interesting. Did not expect Gorsuch to flip.

Who were the 3 morons who voted against this? Why arent they fired and kicked on their ass out onto the streets?

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Rika_Furude posted...

Who were the 3 morons who voted against this? Why arent they fired and kicked on their ass out onto the streets?

Alito
Thomas
Kavanaugh

Par for the course.

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Yelsin posted...

Interesting. Did not expect Gorsuch to flip.

He and Roberts seem willing to flip on some issues.

Kavanaugh truly seems like a lil bitch

Gorsuch was planted for his anti abortion rules. Kavanaugh was planted because he thinks the president should basically have full immunity to everything.

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Musourenka posted...

Thomas
Kavanaugh

he would always stoop that low.... everyone deserves a fair chance at holding a job regardless of anything.
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Bullet_Wing posted...

The fact that 3 justices voted that it was OK is everything wrong with America

Trumps America

Are there any cases were someone was fired for being gay or lesbian?

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SapphireClassic posted...

Are there any cases were someone was fired for being gay or lesbian?

do you know how the supreme court works

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SapphireClassic posted...

Are there any cases were someone was fired for being gay or lesbian?

Resident labor law expert @MrMojoRising
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SapphireClassic posted...

Are there any cases were someone was fired for being gay or lesbian?

There's been a handful of teachers fired for it.

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Did someone really ask why a Supreme Court justice hasnt been fired for having a dissenting opinion hahaha

I wanna watch a video of someone going over the dissenting opinion
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MC_BatCommander posted...

do you know how the supreme court works

Good. Hopefully it'll be illegal to fire someone for being trans too.

Fuck that little crybaby toad Kavanaugh and the other dissenters. They have zero humanity.

SapphireClassic posted...

Are there any cases were someone was fired for being gay or lesbian?

Like, a case can't even go to court until someone was harmed by a law, so yes, people have.

Below is what was being argued.

BOSTOCK v. CLAYTON COUNTY, GEORGIA CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT
OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT No. 171618. Argued October 8, 2019Decided June 15, 2020* In each of these cases, an employer allegedly fired a long-time employee simply for being homosexual or transgender. Clayton County, Georgia, fired Gerald Bostock for conduct unbecoming a county employee shortly after he began participating in a gay recreational softball league. Altitude Express fired Donald Zarda days after he mentioned being gay. And R. G. & G. R. Harris Funeral Homes fired Aimee Stephens, who presented as a male when she was hired, after she informed her employer that she planned to live and work full-time as a woman. Each employee sued, alleging sex discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Eleventh Circuit held that Title VII does not prohibit employers from firing employees for being gay and so Mr. Bostocks suit could be dismissed as a matter of law. The Second and Sixth Circuits, however, allowed the claims of Mr. Zarda and Ms. Stephens, respectively, to proceed.

Held: An employer who fires an individual merely for being gay or transgender violates Title VII. Pp. 433. ( a) Title VII makes it unlawful . . . for an employer to fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual, or otherwise to discriminate against any individual . . . because of such individuals race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. 42 U. S. C. 2000e2(a)(1). The straightforward application of Title VIIs terms interpreted in accord
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SapphireClassic posted...

Are there any cases were someone was fired for being gay or lesbian?

you can't be serious. this shit happens all the fucking time.

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DeadBankerDream posted...

I wanna watch a video of someone going over the dissenting opinion

https://www.scotusblog.com/

There's scotusblug which I writes about various supreme court cases. Nothing up yet for this one.
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_Rinku_ posted...

Good. Hopefully it'll be illegal to fire someone for being trans too.

Fuck that little crybaby toad Kavanaugh and the other dissenters. They have zero humanity.

"An employer who fires an individual for being homosexual or transgender fires that person for traits or actions it would not have questioned in members of a different sex. Sex plays a necessary and undisguisable role in the decision, exactly what Title VII forbids," Gorsuch wrote."
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/15/politics/supreme-court-lgbtq-employment-case/index.html
It absolutely does apply to trans people. It seems they folded in the Aimee Stephens case.

https://twitter.com/stevenmazie/status/1272531176985681921
Reminder this is written by Trump-appointed Justice Neil Gorsuch, so babby is going to be mad on Twitter.

@SapphireClassic is an obvious troll account to ask such a stupid q

Bullet_Wing posted...

Gorsuch was all around, a relatively reasonable pick as far as conservative judges go. My main issue with him at the time was how McConnell cheated and stonewalled an Obama appointment until he was out of office. That had nothing to do with Gorsuch himself though. Gorsuch had not great abortion ideas and workers rights, but for Trump, he was a decent pick.

Kavanaugh was a whole different story, absolutely terrible appointment

My mistake then. I was under the impression that Kavanaugh was ideologically the closer of the two to Roberts. I would have expected him to flip before Gorsuch.

ElatedVenusaur posted...

"An employer who fires an individual for being homosexual or transgender fires that person for traits or actions it would not have questioned in members of a different sex. Sex plays a necessary and undisguisable role in the decision, exactly what Title VII forbids," Gorsuch wrote."
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/15/politics/supreme-court-lgbtq-employment-case/index.html
It absolutely does apply to trans people. It seems they folded in the Aimee Stephens case.

https://twitter.com/stevenmazie/status/1272531176985681921
Reminder this is written by Trump-appointed Justice Neil Gorsuch, so babby is going to be mad on Twitter.

Oh thank goodness.

Let that tangerine toddler throw his fit.

Good

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Trump's new executive order from late last week is now dead in the water.

Fuck Alito
Fuck Kavanaugh
Fuck Thomas
Fuck the Trump Administration

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What executive order?
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I agree with the ruling.

But the only problem that I foresee is someone pulling out the LGBT card when they should be fired for non-LGBT related issues. I know at work theres this trans-girl who is terrible at her job, no one likes working with her. She doesn't get along with anyone. Very abrasive. Yells at ancillary staff at the hospital including nurses, techs, etc. Calls in sick for bullshit reasons (which means the work is dumped on someone else). Just a bad human being overall. But admin is scared to do anything to her because shes trans. And she has been overheard before talking about how she "feels people treat her differently because shes trans" and how it causes her emotional stress.

Bullet_Wing posted...

Gorsuch was all around, a relatively reasonable pick as far as conservative judges go. My main issue with him at the time was how McConnell cheated and stonewalled an Obama appointment until he was out of office. That had nothing to do with Gorsuch himself though. Gorsuch had not great abortion ideas and workers rights, but for Trump, he was a decent pick.

Kavanaugh was a whole different story, absolutely terrible appointment

wasn't gorsuch the guy that wanted to rule against a truck driver that abandoned a dead rig to keep from freezing to death?

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Roberts seems to care about being seen as a good guy (unless it involves bowing down to corporations, then he doesn't)

Gorsuch has a lot of classic libertarian ideals, so as long as being gay doesn't effect work, he probably thinks "why should it matter" (now, if that person abandons a company truck because he may risk freezing to death, that is different story)

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